Viestiss� Torstai 12. Kes�kuuta 2003 23:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] kirjoitti: > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, H. Narfi Stefansson wrote: > > Would you guys consider giving your kernels different names, just so > > that we don't have to ask confused users "Which version of 2.4.21.0.18 > > are you using? The security update one, Thomas' one or Danny's?" > > Well, kernelteam doesn't tell me if when and what they will or will not > update. But I understand your problem. Perhaps a hackkernel-2.4 for 9.2 > isn't such a bad idea afterall. Only...it sounds rather unstable > (hack...). And I am afraid we will get zillions asking for feature XXX, > which would make the whole thing unstable and difficult to maintain > (there are already hunderds of patches in the kernel). > Wich is as I stated earlier: running Cooker kernel is like living on the edge... running a hackkernel means you already made the jump ... ;-() (feel the rush... it's not the fall that kills you... it's the stop at the end of the fall...)
But as stated before as long as there is no proof that patches from a hackkernel would go into main kernel, it's most likely a waste of time... > Ofcourse, the real problem, IMO, is that kernelteam doesn't have time to > reply to patches people send. Sometimes leading to them being lost:( > I am sad that Juan did not update the kernel with some of the patches > thomas and andrey supplied, but then, perhaps he is not even aware about > it. Or priorities are different. But in the meantime, we are all doing > the same work. A bit a waste of effort. > My thoughts exactly ... That's also why I placed my "hackkernel" and "kernel25" projects on ice for now... And Juan posted earlier that he had many kernels on the way, (marcelo, rc, aa, ...) multiplying the testkernels by ... > > Thomas, at some point you used TmB for your kernel, was there > > something you didn't like about that? Danny, could you do something > > similar? > > many scripts do not like it. Usually, you can more or less work around > it though. > > d. I could also replace 'mdk' with 'tmb', using '.1' increments against the mdk kernel -- Regards Thomas Backlund http://www.iki.fi/tmb/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
